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Girls: 36th Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 2 (Week 11)
(Preview)
Jodie Burrage and Georgie Axon are both seeded in this G2 R1 (L32) (Q) Anna Kubareva (BLR) v (7) Jodie Anna Burrage Eden Richardson v Valeriya Deminova (RUS) (6) Georgina Axon v Eva Alexandrova (BLR)
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DavidC
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5
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1481
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Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 10)
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(Preview)
Gemma Heath is second seed here, hoping to go one better than last week in Norway Boys R1 (L32) Anton Ornberg (SWE) v Emile Hudd (4) Patrick Kristensen (DEN) v Julian Robinson Yevgen Sirous (UKR) v (3) Adam Jones Girls R1 (L32) (Q) Hanna Schmidt Axelsson (SWE) v Nell Miller (Q) Veronika Pepelyaeva (RUS...
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DavidC
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37
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4308
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Girls: 46th Banana Bowl , Brazil, clay - Grade 1 (Week 10)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Ali and Fran have gone back, so just Emily left Emily gets a qualifier with little pedigree in round one with the Argentine second seed the likely 2nd Round match. Emily lost to her in three sets in the grade 2 in Agentina
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paulisi
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35
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3943
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Boys & Girls: 32. Perin Memorial , Croatia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 10)
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(Preview)
Fran Jones skips continents for another G1, and draws a local wildcard. She joins 3 boys, all with reasonable but testing draws on paper. Boys R1 (L64) (10) Ryan James Storrie v Alexandru Vasile Manole (ROU) Max Stewart v Tomas Liska (SVK) (15) Ewan Moore v August Holmgren (DEN) Girls R1 (L64) Frances...
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DavidC
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43
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4689
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Boys & Girls: ITF U18 Empire Cup, Slovakia - hard (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Robert Leck has come nicely through qualis and won a MD round. Jake Hersey has a BYE in R1. Maria Budin should be in the MD girls. BOYS: Qr1: Robert LECK (GBR) [q7] 7-6(6) 3-6 6-2 Dominik JEDLICKA (CZE) Fqr: Robert LECK (GBR) [q7] 6-1 6-4 Fabian MAROZSAN (HUN) [q4] R1: Robert LECK (GBR) ...
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Coup Droit
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14
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1809
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Boys: 53rd Brunei ITF Junior Circuit, Brunei - hard - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Aaron (born 2000) has made it through qualis, in just his second ever junior event (I think). QR1: Aaron HEPBURN (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Kunaal NAMASHIVAYA (IND) FQR: Aaron HEPBURN (GBR) 7-5 6-3 Yugo HOMMA (JPN) He's drawn an unseeded, unranked player in the main draw, the very last on the main dr...
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Coup Droit
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3
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883
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Girls: 36th Asuncion Bowl , Paraguay, clay - Grade 1 (Week 9)
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1 2
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(Preview)
The COSAT circuit climaxes with 2 G1s and a GA. Unusually this G1 is just a 32 draw, increasing the points for a R1 win. Fran Jones appears to have the toughest assignment against a player who reached a G1 semi in her last tournament. R1 (L32) Francesca Jones v Ellie Douglas (USA) Emily Appleton v (Q) Lea M...
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DavidC
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17
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2774
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Boys & Girls: ITF Gjovik Porsche Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 9)
(Preview)
A change in personnel in Norway for their second G4, hoping to emulate Jack Draper's success in Oslo. Ryan Gaskin beat Max Benaim's first round opponent last week. Boys R1 (L32) Simen Sunde Bratholm v (6) Max Benaim Girls R1 (L32) Ida Ferding (SWE) v (5) Gemma Heath
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DavidC
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11
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1620
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Boys: LTAT ITF Junior, Thailand, hard - Grade 1 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Thailand is the next country on Alexis Canter's 2016 global tour, joined by Finn Bass and Alastair Gray, who are all seeded. Alexis could make the top 50 if he reaches the quarters, which he is seeded to do. R1 (L64) (11) Finn Bass bye (6) Alexis Canter bye (10) Alastair Gray bye
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DavidC
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12
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1742
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Boys & Girls: NWU Pukke, South Africa, hard - Grade 5 (Week 9)
(Preview)
R1 Boys: (q) George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) 2001 6-1 6-0 Pierre MALAN (RSA) R1 Girls Olivia ELLIOTT (GBR) [7] 2001 6-1 7-5 Carmen FICHARDT (RSA) Dan Vishnick and Matt Beecher also played in qualifying.
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Coup Droit
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6
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1588
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Boys: ITF Oslo Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
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(Preview)
Most of the boys in Copenhagen have decamped to Oslo for another G4 R1 (L32) (WC) Oscar Jahren (NOR) v (Q) Paul Jubb Ryan Gaskin v (6) Patrick Kristensen (DEN) (5) Jacob Eskeland (NOR) v Anton Matusevich Jack Draper v (WC) Herman H Jentoft (NOR) (7) Jeremy Gschwendtner v Markus Nordby (NOR)
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DavidC
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18
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2406
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Girls: Siauliai Open, Lithuania, hard - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Two Brits searching for points in a fairly weak field for a G2 (top seed ranked outside 100) R1 (L32) Jennifer Timotin (IRL) v (6) Jodie Anna Burrage Weronika Jasmina Forys (POL) v (3) Georgina Axon
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DavidC
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11
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1421
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Other events - week 8
(Preview)
There's a G5 in South Africa this week: In the boys, we got two through to the FQR:George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] 6-2 6-3 Charl MORGAN (RSA) [6]Grant MORTON (RSA) 7-5 6-3 Matthew BEECHER (GBR) Today, in R1: Jordan SAUER (RSA) 6-4 6-4 George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) In the girls, however: R1: O...
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Coup Droit
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10
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1599
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Girls: Argentina Cup, Cordoba, Argentina clay - Grade 2 (Week 8)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Ali Collins joins Fran and Emily out in Argentina - all are seeded and all have byes in the opening round
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paulisi
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17
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2462
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Boys: Yeltsin Cup, Russia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 8)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Ryan Storrie and Alexis Canter have made it to Kazan to tackle a field unsurprisingly dominated by Russian entries. Boys R1 (L64) (9) Ryan James Storrie bye (6) Alexis Canter bye
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DavidC
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29
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2893
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Girls: FTCh 2016, Chile, clay - Grade 2 (Week 7)
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1 2
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(Preview)
The COSAT circuit in Latin America starts with some G1 events in January and ends with a mixture of G1/GA events in March, but February has some weaker G2s. This one in Chile is no exception, with the second seed ranked 145, and hoping to take advantage are Fran Jones and Emily Appleton R1 (L64) (8) Emily...
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DavidC
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27
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2552
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Girls: 2016 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
Last year a team featuring Holly Fischer and Kylie Bilchev reached the under 12 final in Sunderland. The third member of that trio Andrea Pineda is still eligible, and is leading the team attempting to qualify this weekend. They have started with a comfortable 3-0 win over Poland (straight sets wins...
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DavidC
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13
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1761
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Boys & Girls: ITF Indoor Heuvelrug, Netherlands, Hard (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Anna Loughlan is in the final round of qualifying. Freddie Grant won one Q match and then got knocked out. Bradley Stoneham lost his opening Q match. In the main draw, the Martins sisters are in action. As well as, in the boys, Luke Hammond, Zeki Horoz, Adam Jones and Alastair gray
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Coup Droit
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1331
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Alger Mehdi Buras, Algeria, clay - Grade 5 (Week 7)
(Preview)
There's a group of lads in qualifying here who all seem to be playing their first ITF tournament, so good luck to them in the FQR: After BYES in QR1: QR2: Sahej MAKER (GBR) 6-0 6-2 Mohand Larbi BOUKARI (ALG) Sebastian TONG (GBR) 6-2 6-3 Lorenzo MISCIA LORENZO (ITA) Kyle STOCKER (GBR) 6-...
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Coup Droit
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1258
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Boys: 2016 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
The Winter Cup season starts with qualifying for the under 12s this weekend. They have made a strong start, beating Slovenia 3-0, thanks to straight sets wins for Louis Davey and Samuel Reeve, who then combined for the doubles. They need to beat the Czech Republic to reach the finals.
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DavidC
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9
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2090
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Boys & Girls: DISPUK Copenhagen Winter Cup, Denmark, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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1 2
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(Preview)
A number of Brits here including two of our top 2001 boys Boys R1 (L64) (7) Jeremy Gschwendtner bye (4) James Davis bye Jack Draper v (LL) Erik Carlsten (SWE) Valdemar Holm (SWE) v (WC) Paul Jubb (3) Louis Newman bye (12) Matthew Summers bye Anton Matusevich v (WC) Martin Nygaard (DEN) Girls R1 (L64) (5...
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DavidC
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15
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2520
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Other events (esp. Iran) - week 6
(Preview)
Young George Davis nicked a very nice R1 win at the G4 in Mexico last night: R1: George DAVIS (GBR) (born 2001) 2-6 6-2 7-6(8) (q) Armando ALCANTARA (MEX) In the G5 in Iran, Donia and Karim Najia both have BYEs through to R2 (Donia+ won her doubles yesterday) -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 12th of...
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Coup Droit
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Boys & Girls: YONEX ITF Hamburg, Germany, hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
(Preview)
After qualifying in Istanbul for the Winter Cup U16 finals Aidan McHugh, Ewen Lumsden and Jake Hersey are taking in a G4 event in Germany before next week's finals in France Boys R1 (L64) (6) Aidan McHugh bye (10) Ewen Lumsden bye (5) Jake Hersey bye Girls R1 (L64) (14) Alexandra Hunter bye Anna Loughla...
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DavidC
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7
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1310
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Boys: Trofeul D.Sturdza, Moldova, carpet - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Alastair Gray is seeded here and opens against a local wildcard yet to win an ITF match (8) Alastair Gray v (WC) Vasilii Dontu (MDA)
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DavidC
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7
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1041
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Other events - week 5
(Preview)
Julian Lewis playing in the G4 in Switzerland. Alexandra Yeardley has come through qualis at the Grade 5 in Egypt. Thomas Davies is also in R1 of the boys there.
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